Game looks horrible on a 2080ti and 9700k

[✪BigEelis✪]

So after building my new pc i now decided to try ARK. My old pc had a 1060 6gb and a 4790k in it and it ran Ark fairly well and the world looked very good even over far distances.
However...

With everything on epic and Nvidia Control panel set to visual the world looks grainy and god awful! Things in the distance like mountains are just big polygons before getting close and they finally render to their normal form. I've also had some gamma glitch where if enter 1st person a dino the gamma goes dark and then back to 3rd person and it gets bright as all heck. This does not happen when i'm not mounted but instead i get screen flashing in certain areas for whatever reason.

It's honestly ruining the experience for me.
My friend has a 1080Ti and a 8700 and his game just looks incredible and we're running identical settings on ARK.

I just don't know what to do anymore at this point.

[johnim]

Are you using latest drivers and the same as each other

[✪BigEelis✪]

Originally posted by johnim:

Are you using latest drivers and the same as each other

We are both using the latest drivers available yes.

[[WV] SotS]

Doubt your settings are the same. This sounds to me like your resolution scale and Mesh level of detail are off.

[✪BigEelis✪]

Originally posted by Analog.SotS:

Doubt your settings are the same. This sounds to me like your resolution scale and Mesh level of detail are off.

Wrong. They're the same. Same res scale and mesh detail is maxed out and it still looks grainy and awful.

[aComeShot]

turn the settings till the gamet looks better. barely anyone who plays game has it running on a pc that can actually run flawless. so bite the pillow and swallow ur pride and turn the graphics down

[✪BigEelis✪]

Originally posted by aComeShot:

turn the settings till the gamet looks better. barely anyone who plays game has it running on a pc that can actually run flawless. so bite the pillow and swallow ur pride and turn the graphics down

This is not a matter of pride so i don't know why you'd even say something as dumb as that.
I've obviously tried running it on lower graphics but NEWS FLASH!
It looked even worse. The point is that the game looks absolutely horrenduous for some reason while someone with a worse (but not bad) pc has the game running stunningly but i can't seem to make it look nearly as good.

[Patouski]

Just for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles - Steam - Help - System Information - post that here.

Let's see if Steam isn't using you iGPU for fun. Your 9700k has a UHD 630 iGPU - so its bound to look like crap on that, but will run solely because the 9700k and your Ram can probably handle ARK just fine on its own.

[Sebo]

Your hardware should be more than capable to run it at max settings lol.
I'm running the same GPU but with a 7700K, and I can easily run it at 1440p with max settings.
I'm suspecting it might be a visual glitch in the settings. Try changing all settings to low and then to max again, especially resolution scale.

[✪BigEelis✪]

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x9e
CPU Stepping: 0xc
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3600 Mhz
8 logical processors
8 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 26.21.14.3086
DirectX Driver Version: 26.21.14.3086
Driver Date: 5 22 2019
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 143 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1e07
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.54" x 13.27" (27.01" diag)
59.8cm x 33.7cm (68.6cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 11263 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

[✪BigEelis✪]

Originally posted by Sebo:

Your hardware should be more than capable to run it at max settings lol.
I'm running the same GPU but with a 7700K, and I can easily run it at 1440p with max settings.
I'm suspecting it might be a visual glitch in the settings. Try changing all settings to low and then to max again, especially resolution scale.

It does run everything at max and at 90+ fps easily (Depending on where i am on the map) but it just looks horrible. 'll try switching everything to low and back to max including the scale once i've time.

[roger.merrell]

Runs and looks great with Xbox x and 70inch 4K TV. ARK IS 1 THOSE GAMES JUST PLAY ON MY XBOX. EVERTHING ELSE PLAY ON MY ALIEN COMPUTER . AND RUST IS LIKE ARK. CAN BE ♥♥♥♥ IF NOT SET JUST RIGHT. BUT MY COMPUTER PLAY THE ISLE GAME GREAT . ITS A HIT MISS THING .

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

what are you using for a monitor?
many 1080ps and 4k TVs dont perform well as monitors.

[Sebo]

Originally posted by sigh-phi-guy:

what are you using for a monitor?
many 1080ps and 4k TVs dont perform well as monitors.

According to his Steam hardware, it's a 27" 144hz monitor.

[Xenulus]

I've seen posts in the recent past of people saying that 2080s and Ti's have had issues with Ark. Which kinda worried me as I bought a 2080 on sale a couple weeks ago, but its been working for me.

Worst case scenario you got a an unlucky roll with a 2080ti/Ark combo....

[✪BigEelis✪]

Originally posted by Xenulus:

I've seen posts in the recent past of people saying that 2080s and Ti's have had issues with Ark. Which kinda worried me as I bought a 2080 on sale a couple weeks ago, but its been working for me.

Worst case scenario you got a an unlucky roll with a 2080ti/Ark combo....

That's possible but every other game has fun absolutely flawlessly and while i get plenty of fps in ark with everything maxed it just doesnt look good which is just so disappointing.